Analysis of There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.

E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.
Lies silent in the grave, lies silent in the grave;
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.

Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared, unworthy though I be,
For me a blood bought free reward, a golden harp for me!
’Tis strung and tuned for endless years, and formed by power divine,
To sound in God the Father’s ears no other name but Thine.


Scheme aAaA bBbB xCcC dDdD eEeE ffgg
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 110101111111 01010111111101 111101111101 01010111111101 01010111110011 01111111111101 111101111101 01111111111101 110111011101110 1101111111111 111111111111 1101111111111 11111101110101 01011111011111 011111011111 01011111011111 100101011111011 111111110001 110001110001 111111110001 11011101010111 11011101010111 110111010111001 11010101110111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,456
Words 279
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 189
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

1:23 min read
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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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